高考英语一轮复习 unit 4 body language单元检测卷[新人教版]必修4

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1、Unit4BodylanguageⅠ.阅读理解Theideaforascienceexperimentcancomefromanunusualplace.AfterwatchingaYouTubevideoofadancingbirdnamedSnowball,ascientistinCaliforniadecidedtostudytheabilityofanimalstokeepthebeat.Birdlovershavelongclaimedthattheirpetshaverhythm,andtherearemanyvideosofdancingbirdsonline.

2、Untilnow,scientistshavesuspectedthathumansaretheonlyanimalsthatcanaccuratelykeeprhythmwithmusic.ThankstoSnowball,thatscientificopinionischanging.Snowballisacockatoo,akindofparrot,andhisfavoritesongis“Everybody”bytheBackstreetBoys.Whenhehearsthesong,hemoveshisfeetandswayshisbodywiththetempo,

3、orpaceofthemusic,asthoughheistheonlybirdmemberoftheboyband.AniruddhPatelisaneuroscientist,orascientistwhostudieshowthebrainandthenervoussystemcontributetolearning,seeingandothermentalabilities.HeworksatthetheNeurosciencesInstituteinSanDiego.AfterseeingSnowball’sdancemovesonline,Patelvisited

4、thecockatooatthebirdrescuefacilityhe’scalledhomefortwoyears.Thescientistplayed“Everybody”forSnowballandalsoplayedversionsofthesongthatwerespeduporsloweddown.Sometimes,Snowballdancedtoofastortooslowly.Often,whentherewasachangeintempo,Snowballadjustedhisdancingtomatchtherhythm.Inotherexperime

5、nts,scientistshaveobservedthesameabilitiesinpreschoolchildren.Patelisn’ttheonlyscientistwhohasstudiedSnowball’smoves.AdenaSchachner,whostudiespsychologyatHarvardUniversity,alsowantedtoknowmoreaboutthedancingbird.Schachner’steamplayeddifferentmusicalpiecesforSnowballandaparrotnamedAlex,aswel

6、laseighthumanvolunteers.Thescientistsobservedthatthebirdsandthehumanskepttimetothemusicwithaboutthesameaccuracy.Schachnerandherteamdidn’tstopwiththebirds.SheandhercolleagueswatchedthousandsofYouTubevideosofdifferentanimalsmovingtomusic.Notalltheanimalscoulddance,however.Fromwatchingthevideo

7、s,thescientistsobservedthatonlyanimalsthatimitatesounds,including14parrotspeciesandAsianelephants,accuratelymovedintimetomusic.1.Theunderlinedwords“thatscientificopinion”inthethirdparagraphreferstothetheorythat____.A.humansaretheonlyanimalsthatcanaccurat